FCC Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel Announces Staff Changes
Promotes Stanford Williams to a senior leadership position in the Office of Managing Director; Joy Ragsdale will lead Office of Communications Business Opportunities
Axis Launches an NFT Entertainment Channel
The NFTtoday.tv channel will be available on Roku TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire and both iOS and Google application in November 2021
Remember – Political Ads for State and Local Races Trigger FCC Political Obligations
We are nearing the end of September and, in many jurisdictions we are in the heart of political season – though mostly for state and local elections.
NBCU Warns That Its Networks, Stations Could Go Dark on YouTube TV
The NBCU, YouTube TV carriage deal ends on Sept. 30
Marketron Traffic Services Are Back Up – Radio World
Marketron says service has been restored to all of its traffic customers, following the ransomware attack that took its platforms down the weekend before last.
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 18, 2021 to September 24, 2021
Here are some of the regulatory developments from the last week of significance to broadcasters , with links to where you can go to find more information
Rosenworcel Gives CSRIC Its New Charge – Radio World
Jessica Rosenworcel wants members of the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council advisory group to help the FCC “sort through some of the toughest security problems facing our country’s communications networks.”
Atomos Names Estelle McGechie Its New CEO
The Australian company offers cutting-edge 4K and HD Apple ProRes monitor/recorders
Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group Completes $70M Acquisition of WJRT-TV From Gray
Allen Media Broadcasting now owns and operates 32 TV stations in 20 U.S. markets
AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon QuickSight Q
The NFL is among those that are using the solution, which lets users type questions about their business data in natural language and receive answers with visualizations in seconds